TENSE（时态）

Corusera-Foundmental English Writing-TENSE(时态)

	PRESENT(现在时)	PAST(过去时)	FUTURE(将来时)
	Simple Tense(一般时)
Use	An action or event that occurs regularly or repeatedly.	An action that ended at a specific point in the past.	An action that will occur after now.
Formation	Base form of the verb / base form + s	Add –ed	Will + base form of the verb
Example	laugh/laughs	laughed	will laugh
	Progressive Tense(进行时)
Use	An action that is happening now.	An action was happening (past progressive) when another action happened (simple past).	An action that will be happening over time, in the future, when something else happens.
Formation	Form of be + present participle	Was or were + present participle	Will + be + present participle
Example	am / is / are laughing	was / were laughing	will be laughing
	Perfect Tense(完成时)
Use	An action that happened at an unspecified time in the past.	An action that ended before another action or time in the past.	An action that will end before another action or time in the future.
Formation	have or has + past participle	Had + past participle	Will + have + past participle
Example	has / have laughed	had laughed	will have laughed
	Perfect Progressive Tense(完成进行时)
Use	An action occurring over time that started in the past and continues into the present.	An action that happened over time, in the past, before another time or action in the past.	An action occurring over time, in the future, before another action or time in the future.
Formation	have + been + present participle	Had + been + present participle	Will + have + been + present participle
Example	has / have been laughing	had been laughing	will have been laughing

共12种时态:

1. 一般现在时
2. 一般过去时
3. 一般将来时
4. 现在进行时
5. 过去进行时
6. 将来进行时
7. 一般完成时
8. 过去完成时
9. 将来完成时
10. 一般完成进行时
11. 过去完成进行时
12. 将来完成进行时

不知道中文语法书里是不是这么分类的，前面9类都还好理解，后面3类有点迷糊。